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Materials Scientist | Battery Recycling | High Entropy Alloys Research | Nanotechnologist | Electron Microsc
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Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Technical Writing,
Copywriting,
General Proofreading & Editing
Research
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review,
Secondary Data Collection
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting,
Manufacturing Consulting
Data & AI
Image Processing,
Image Analysis,
Data Processing
Product Development
Recipe Development,
Material Sourcing,
Manufacturing,
Reverse Engineering
Work Experience
Assistant Professor
Amity University
October 2023 - Present 
Visiting Fellow
Cranfield University
April 2021 - Present
Newton International Fellow of Royal Society
London South Bank University
March 2020 - Present
Post Doctoral
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
May 2023 - September 2023
Post Doctoral
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
September 2018 - December 2019
Research Scientist
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
January 2018 - August 2018
Project Fellow
International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials
January 2012 - December 2012
Education
Research Scholar ( Ph.D) (Material Science and Engineering)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
December 2012 - January 2018
Master of Technology- Nanotechnology (Applied Physics)
Aligarh Muslim University Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology
July 2009 - November 2011
Master of Science. -Industrial Chemsitry (Department of Chemistry)
Aligarh Muslim University Faculty of Sciences
July 2007 - June 2009
Bachelor of Science -Industrial Chemistry (Department of Chemsitry)
CSJM University Kanpur
July 2003 - June 2007
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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Amit Kumar Sonker, Charchit Kumar, Hannah Tideland, Satyaranjan Bairagi, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Daniel M. Mulvihill, Gunnar Westman (2025). Bendable Substrates of Cellulose Nanocrystals for Triboelectric Nanogenerators . ACS Applied Nano Materials.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary (2024). A Prospective on Energy and Environment Applications of High Entropy Alloys . Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Rakesh Das, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Suman Sarkar, Vidhyadhar Mishra, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary (2024). Engineering the Interface of Cu-hBN Immiscible System Using 3D Printing To Enhance Mechanical and Thermal Properties . ACS Applied Engineering Materials.
Pratap, A., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Fan, P., Prof Saurav Goel, Joshi, S. (2024). Forest hardening and Hirth lock during grinding of copper evidenced by MD simulations . Manufacturing Letters.
Himanshu Singh, Aelton B Santos, Diptava Das, Rushikesh S. Ambekar, Prateek Saxena, Cristiano F. Woellner, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary (2024). Stress concentration targeted reinforcement using multi-material based 3D printing . Applied Materials Today.
Singh, H., Santos, A.B., Das, D., Ambekar, R.S., Saxena, P., Woellner, C.F., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Sekhar Tiwary, C. (2023). Stress concentration targeted reinforcement using multi-material based 3D printing . Applied Materials Today.
Astha Dixit, Manojit Das, Himanshu Singh, Sushanta Kumar Panda, Nicola M. Pugno, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary (2023). Unleashing Enhanced Compressive Strength: 3D Printed Octopus-Inspired Suction Cups Using Topological Engineering . ACS Applied Polymer Materials.
Dixit, A., Das, M., Singh, H., Kumar Panda, S., Pugno, N.M., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Sekhar Tiwary, C. (2023). Unleashing Enhanced Compressive Strength: 3D Printed Octopus-Inspired Suction Cups Using Topological Engineering . ACS Applied Polymer Materials.
Fan, P., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Arshad, M., Bai, M., Mao, H., Prof Saurav Goel (2023). Anisotropic plasticity mechanisms in a newly synthesised High Entropy Alloy investigated using atomic simulations and nanoindentation experiments . Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
Madan< C., Jha, S.R., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Singh, A., Mitra, R., Tiwary, C.S., Biswas, K., Halder, A. (2023). Understanding the evolution of catalytically active multi-metal sites in a bifunctional high-entropy alloy electrocatalyst for zinc–air battery application . Energy Advances.
Mondal, B., Zhang, X., Kumar, S., Long, F., Katiyar, N., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Prof Saurav Goel, Biswas, K. (2023). Resistance Driven H2 Gas Sensor: High Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles Decorated 2D MoS2 . Nanoscale.
Prakash, A., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Suarez-Villagran, M., Miller, J., Machado Jr., L., Tiwary, C.S., Biswas, K., Chattopadhyay, K. (2023). Effects of Size on Water Vapour Absorption and Regeneration in Lithium chloride nanocrystals . Materials Today Communications.
Viswanathan Venkatachalapathy, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Allan Matthews, Jose Luis Endrino, Saurav Goel (2023). A Guiding Framework for Process Parameter Optimisation of Thermal Spraying . Coatings.
Venkatachalapathy, V., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Matthews, A., Endrino, J., Prof Saurav Goel (2023). A Guiding Framework for Process Parameter Optimisation of Thermal Spraying . Coatings.
Singh, S., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Prof Saurav Goel, Joshi, S.N. (2023). Phase prediction and experimental realisation of a new high entropy alloy using machine learning . Scientific Reports.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Prof Saurav Goel (2023). Recent Progress and Perspective on Batteries made from Nuclear Waste . Nuclear Science and Techniques.
Viswanathan Venkatachalapathy, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Allan Matthews, J. L. Endrino, Prof Saurav Goel (2023). A Guiding Framework for Process Parameter Optimisation of Thermal Spraying . Coatings.
Verma, J., Warsame, C., Seenivasagam, R.K., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Abdel Aleem, E., Prof Saurav Goel (2023). Nanoparticle mediated cancer cell therapy: Basic science to clinical applications . Cancer and Metastasis Reviews.
Fan, P., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Prof Saurav Goel, He, Y., Geng, Y., Yan, Y., Mao, H., Luo, X. (2023). Oblique nanomachining of Gallium Arsenide explained using AFM experiments and MD simulations . Journal of Manufacturing Processes.
Bidesh Mondal, Xiaolei Zhang, Sumit Kumar, Feng Long, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Mahesh Kumar, Saurav Goel, Krishanu Biswas (2023). A resistance-driven H2 gas sensor: high-entropy alloy nanoparticles decorated 2D MoS2 . Nanoscale.
Chetna Madan, Saumya R. Jha, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Arkaj Singh, Rahul Mitra, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Krishanu Biswas, Aditi Halder (2023). Understanding the evolution of catalytically active multi-metal sites in a bifunctional high-entropy alloy electrocatalyst for zinc–air battery application . Energy Advances.
Nadimul Haque Faisal, Anil Prathuru, Rehan Ahmed, Vinooth Rajendran, Mamdud Hossain, Viswanathan Venkatachalapathy, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Jing Li, Yuheng Liu, Qiong Cai, et al. (2022). Application of Thermal Spray Coatings in Electrolysers for Hydrogen Production: Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities . ChemNanoMat.
Mishra, S.S., Kumbhakar, P., Nellaiappan, S., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Tromer, R., Wollner, C.F., Galvao, D.S., Tiwary, C.S., Ghosh, C., Dasgupta, A., et al. (2022). Two‐dimensional Multi‐Component Quasicrystal as Bi‐functional Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions . Energy Technology.
Fan, P., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Zhou, X., Prof Saurav Goel (2022). Uniaxial pulling and nano-scratching of a newly synthesized high entropy alloy . APL Materials.
Nadimul Haque Faisal, Rehan Ahmed, Nazmi Sellami, Anil Prathuru, James Njuguna, Federico Venturi, Tanvir Hussain, Hamed Yazdani Nezhad, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Saurav Goel, et al. (2022). Thermal Spray Coatings for Electromagnetic Wave Absorption and Interference Shielding: A Review and Future Challenges . Advanced Engineering Materials.
Faisal, N.H., Ahmed, R., Sellami, N., Prathuru, A., Njuguna, J., Venturi, F., Hussain, T., Nezhad, H.Y., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Prof Saurav Goel, et al. (2022). Thermal spray coatings for electromagnetic wave absorption and interference shielding: a review and future challenges . Advanced Engineering Materials.
Popov, V., Kudryavtseva, E., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Shiskin, A., Prof Saurav Goel, Stepahnov, S. (2022). Industry 4.0 and Digitalisation in Healthcare . Materials (MDPI).
Vladimir V. Popov, Elena V. Kudryavtseva, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Andrei Shishkin, Stepan I. Stepanov, Saurav Goel(2022). Industry 4.0 and Digitalisation in Healthcare . Materials. 15. (6). p. 2140. {MDPI} {AG}
Vladimir V. Popov Jr., Elena Kudryavtseva, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Andrei Shishkin, Stepan Stepanov, Prof Saurav Goel (2022). Industry 4.0 and Digitalisation in Healthcare . Materials.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Shikha Dhakar, Arko Parui, Pooja Gakhad, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Krishanu Biswas, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Sudhanshu Sharma(2021). Electrooxidation of Hydrazine Utilizing High-Entropy Alloys: Assisting the Oxygen Evolution Reaction at the Thermodynamic Voltage . ACS Catalysis. p. 14000--14007. American Chemical Society ({ACS})
Viswanathan, V., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Dr Gaurav Goel, Matthews, A., Prof Saurav Goel (2021). Role of Thermal Spray in Combating Climate Change . Emergent Materials.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Krishanu Biswas, C. S. Tiwary(2021). Cryomilling as environmentally friendly synthesis route to prepare nanomaterials . International Materials Reviews. p. 1--40. Informa {UK} Limited
Lalita Sharma and Nirmal Kumar Katiyar and Arko Parui and Rakesh Das and Ritesh Kumar and Chandra Sekhar Tiwary and Abhisek K. Singh and Aditi Halder and Krishanu Biswas(2021). Low-cost high entropy alloy (HEA) for high-efficiency oxygen evolution reaction (OER) . Nano Research. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Sharma, L., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Parui, A., Das, R., Kumar, R., Tiwary, C.S., Singh, A.K., Halder, A., Biswas, K. (2021). Low-cost high entropy alloy (HEA) for high-efficiency oxygen evolution reaction (OER) . Nano Research.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Dr Gaurav Goel, Hawi, S., Prof Saurav Goel (2021). Nature inspired materials: Emerging trends and prospects . NPG Asia Materials.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Dr Gaurav Goel, Prof Saurav Goel (2021). Emergence of machine learning in the development of high entropy alloy and their prospects in advanced engineering applications . Emergent Materials.
Faisal, N.H., Sellami, N., Venturi, F., Hussain, T., Mallick, T., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Bishop, A., Upadhyaya, H., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Prof Saurav Goel (2021). Large scale manufacturing route to metamaterial coatings using thermal spray techniques and their response to solar radiation . Emergent Materials.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Biswas, K., Yeah, J-W., Sharma, S., Tiwary, C.S. (2021). A Perspective on the Catalysis Using the High Entropy Alloys . Nano Energy.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar and Krishanu Biswas and Jien-Wei Yeh and Sudhanshu Sharma and Chandra Sekhar Tiwary(2021). A Perspective on the Catalysis Using the High Entropy Alloys . Nano Energy. p. 106261. Elsevier {BV}
Dr Gaurav Goel, Vasić, M.V., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Subramanian Kala, K., Pezo, M., Dinakar, P. (2021). Potential pathway for recycling of the paper mill sludge compost for brick making . Construction and Building Materials.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Biswas, K. (2021). Easy scalable avenue of anti-bacterial nanocomposites coating containing Ag NPs prepared by cryomilling . Materials Today Communications.
Misra, S., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Kumar, A., Prof Saurav Goel, Biswas, K. (2021). Nanofabrication route to achieve sustainable production of next generation defect-free graphene: analysis and characterisation . Nanofabrication.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Biswas, Krishanu, Tiwary, C. S. (2020). Cryomilling as environmentally friendly synthesis route to prepare nanomaterials . International Materials Reviews.
(2020). Formic acid and methanol electro-oxidation and counter hydrogen production using nano high entropy catalyst . Materials Today Energy.
(2020). Multi-component (Ag-Au-Cu-Pd-Pt) Alloy Nanoparticles Decorated p-type 2D-Molybdenum Disulphide (MoS2) for Enhanced Hydrogen Sensing . Nanoscale.
Urs, K.M.B., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Kumar, R., Biswas, K., Singh, A.K., Tiwary, C.S., Kamble, V. (2020). Multi-component (Ag–Au–Cu–Pd–Pt) alloy nanoparticle-decorated p-type 2D-molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) for enhanced hydrogen sensing . Nanoscale.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Nellaiappan, S., Kumar, R., Malviya, K.D., Pradeep, K.G., Singh, A.K., Sharma, S., Tiwary, C.S., Biswas, K. (2020). Formic acid and methanol electro-oxidation and counter hydrogen production using nano high entropy catalyst . Materials Today Energy.
(2020). High-Entropy Alloys as Catalysts for the CO2 and CO Reduction Reactions‒Experimental Realization . ACS Catalysis.
Nellaiappan, S., Katiyar, N.K., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Parui, A., Malviya, K.D., Pradeep, K.G., Singh, A.K., Sharma, S., Tiwary, C.S., Biswas, K. (2020). High-Entropy Alloys as Catalysts for the CO2 and CO Reduction Reactions: Experimental Realization . ACS Catalysis.
Kusuma M. B. Urs, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Ritesh Kumar, Krishanu Biswas, Abhishek K. Singh, C. S. Tiwary, Vinayak Kamble(2020). Multi-component (Ag–Au–Cu–Pd–Pt) alloy nanoparticle-decorated p-type 2D-molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) for enhanced hydrogen sensing . Nanoscale. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})
Baidya, T., Murayama, T., Nellaiappan, S., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Bera, P., Safonova, O., Lin, M., Priolkar, K.R., Kundo, S., Rao, B.S., et al. (2019). Ultra-Low Temperature CO Oxidation Activity of Octahedral Site Cobalt Species in Co3O4 Based Catalysts: Unravelling the Origin of Unique Catalytic Property . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
(2019). Ultra-Low Temperature CO Oxidation Activity of Octahedral Site Cobalt Species in Co3O4 Based Catalysts: Unravelling the Origin of Unique Catalytic Property . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
Krishanu Biswas and Nirmal Kumar(2019). The Effect of Configurational Entropy of Mixing on the Design and Development of Novel Materials . Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy. Indian National Science Academy
Biswas, K., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar (2019). The Effect of Configurational Entropy of Mixing on the Design and Development of Novel Materials . Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Krishanu Biswas, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Leonardo Dantas Machado, Raju Kumar Gupta(2019). Stabilization of a Highly Concentrated Colloidal Suspension of Pristine Metallic Nanoparticles . Langmuir. American Chemical Society ({ACS})
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Biswas, K., Tiwary, C.S., Machado, L.D., Gupta, R.K. (2019). Stabilization of a Highly Concentrated Colloidal Suspension of Pristine Metallic Nanoparticles . Langmuir.
Kumar, N., Biswas, K.(2019). Cryomilling: An environment friendly approach of preparation large quantity ultra refined pure aluminium nanoparticles . Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 8. (1). p. 63-74.
Nirmal Kumar, C. S. Tiwary, Krishanu Biswas(2018). Preparation of nanocrystalline high-entropy alloys via cryomilling of cast ingots . Journal of Materials Science. 53. (19). p. 13411--13423. Springer Nature
Kumar, J., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Das, S., Gurao, N., Biswas, K. (2018). Effect of Al Addition on the Microstructural Evolution of Equiatomic CoCrFeMnNi Alloy . Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Tiwary, C., Biswas, K. (2018). Preparation of nanocrystalline high-entropy alloys via cryomilling of cast ingots . Journal of Materials Science.
Kumar, Jitesh
and Kumar, Nirmal
and Das, Smarajeet
and Gurao, N. P.
and Biswas, Krishanu(2018). Effect of Al Addition on the Microstructural Evolution of Equiatomic CoCrFeMnNi Alloy . Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Biswas, K. (2017). Cryomilling: An environment friendly approach of preparation large quantity ultra refined pure aluminium nanoparticles . Journal of Materials Research and Technology.
Baidya, T., Murayama, P., Bera, P., Safonova, O.V., Steiger, P., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Biswas, K., Haruta, M. (2017). Low-Temperature CO Oxidation over Combustion Made Fe- and Cr-Doped Co3O4 Catalysts: Role of Dopant’s Nature toward Achieving Superior Catalytic Activity and Stability . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
Baidya, T., Murayama, T., Bera, P., Safonova, O.V., Steiger, P., Katiyar, N.K., Biswas, K., Haruta, M.(2017). Low-Temperature CO Oxidation over Combustion Made Fe- and Cr-Doped Co<inf>3</inf>O<inf>4</inf> Catalysts: Role of Dopant's Nature toward Achieving Superior Catalytic Activity and Stability . Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121. (28). p. 15256-15265.
Nirmal Kumar and Krishanu Biswas(2017). Cryomilling: An environment friendly approach of preparation large quantity ultra refined pure aluminium nanoparticles . Journal of Materials Research and Technology.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Biswas, K., Gupta, R. K. (2016). Green synthesis of Ag nanoparticles in large quantity by cryomilling . RSC Advances.
Kumar, N., Biswas, K., Gupta, R.K.(2016). Green synthesis of Ag nanoparticles in large quantity by cryomilling . RSC Advances. 6. (112). p. 111380-111388.
Hazra, B., Das, K., Chakraborty, S.D., Verma, M.S., Devi, M.M., Katiyar, N.K., Biswas, K., Senapati, D., Chandra, M.(2016). Hollow gold nanoprism as highly efficient "Single" Nanotransducer for surface-enhanced raman scattering applications . Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 120. (44). p. 25548-25556.
Kumar, Nirmal and Biswas, Krishanu and Gupta, Raju Kumar(2016). Green synthesis of Ag nanoparticles in large quantity by cryomilling . RSC Adv. 6. p. 111380-111388. The Royal Society of Chemistry
Kumar, Nirmal and Biswas, Krishanu(2015). Fabrication of novel cryomill for synthesis of high purity metallic nanoparticles . Review of Scientific Instruments. 86. (8).
Kumar, N., Biswas, K.(2015). Fabrication of novel cryomill for synthesis of high purity metallic nanoparticles . Review of Scientific Instruments. 86. (8).
(2013). One-Step Anodization/Sol-Gel Deposition of Ce3+-Doped Silica-Zirconia Self-Healing Coating on Aluminum . ISRN Corrosion.
N. Kumar, A. Jyothirmayi, R. Subasri(2012). Effect of Plasma Surface Pretreatment on Ce3+-Doped GPTMS-ZrO2 Self-Healing Coatings on Aluminum Alloy . ISRN Corrosion. 2012. p. 1--9. Hindawi Limited
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar (2012). Corrosion Protection and Self-Healing by Sol-Gel Process: A Review of Recent Patent Literature . Recent Patents on Corrosion Science.
Kumar, N., Jyothirmayi, A., Soma Raju, K.R.C., Subasri, R.(2012). Effect of functional groups (methyl, phenyl) on organic-inorganic hybrid sol-gel silica coatings on surface modified SS 316 . Ceramics International. 38. (8). p. 6565-6572.
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Dhakar, S., Parui, A., Gakhad, P., Singh, A.K., Biswas, K., Tiwary, C.S., Sharma, S. Electrooxidation of Hydrazine Utilizing High Entropy Alloys: Assisting Oxygen Evolution Reaction at the Thermodynamic Voltage . ACS Catalysis.
Fan, P., Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Zhou, X., Prof Saurav Goel Uniaxial pulling and nano-scratching of a newly synthesised high entropy alloy . APL Materials.
BOOK CHAPTER
Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Gaurav Goel, Saurav Goel (2022). Nanomaterials Based Biosensing: Methods and Principle of Detection .
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